Total chaos. Without the control of the government, everyone will do anything they want, even buy some uranium to make a home-made nuclear bomb online without the government to restrict it.
to learn about the government
Democracy, people have the power to vote for what they would like in their government.
one body setting the rules
Like any government in the world, the Irish government has lots of concerns. They would be similar to most countries. So they would be things like the economy, employment, health, education etc. Specific issues change all of the time, again like in any country.
What era? Under what king? Details would help.
terrible
We have government to help keep us in order. If we didn't have government , people would be doing anything they would like because no one would be able to stop them if they were breaking the law.
By paying different types of taxes to the government and voting in the party that they would like to be in power when the time comes.
Not as much as some citizens would like!
i would like a government grant to repair and improve my home
Many bad things. The US government could tell you which religion to have. The government could censor newspapers. This would mean that the government could abuse its people and hide it much easier. You couldn't protest the government at all. If you said something the government didn't like, they could punish you.
Thoreau, like many in modern times, was convinced that government was unresponsive and broken. However, he posited that government is necessary and, rather than no government, what was needed was better government.